Solid Year For Vis Team

McGeorge finished in the top half of the 15 th Willem C. Vis International Commercial
Arbitration Moot, held March 14-20 in Vienna, Austria.

Katie Ambrose 3D, Ian Frazer 3D, Richard Gilbert 3E and Marcell Neri 3D argued against
teams from the University of Freiburg (Germany), Vilnius University (Lithuania), University
of Posznan (Poland) and University of Lausanne (Switzerland). McGeorge was seeded
96 th in the 204-team field but did not advance to the elimination rounds. Carlos
III University of Madrid won the competition.

The Vis Arbitral Moot is considered one of the most prestigious moot court events
in the world. Leading scholars in the field of international sales law and international
arbitration come to Vienna each year to act as arbitrators and judge law schools from
all over the world, including American schools such as Harvard, NYU, Boalt Hall and
Georgetown.

The top-half finish capped an exciting year for the team. In February, the University
of San Diego sponsored its 2 nd annual Pre-Vis Moot for any team that wanted to better
prepare itself for the Vienna Moot. Ambrose, Frazer, Gilbert and Neri captured second
place in an 18-team field, losing only to Pepperdine in a close championship round.
Fraser was awarded the top oral advocate prize and Gilbert took second-place honors.
Professor Eric McElwain coached and accompanied the team to both competitions.